Everything about Beno Udrih totally explained
Beno Udrih (born
July 5,
1982 in
Celje,
SR Slovenia,
SFR Yugoslavia) is a
Slovenian professional
basketball player, recently signed by the
NBA's
Sacramento Kings.
Early career
Udrih is left-handed, and comes from a family of basketball players. His father Silvo played for Laško, and brother Samo is currently playing for
CB Granada in
Spain.
Udrih made his professional debut with a brief stint in the Slovenian secondary league in 1997, followed by three seasons in that country's premier league, the
UPC Telemach League. He was named the 2000 Slovenian League Rookie of the Year, and has played for the
Slovenian national team since that same year. He played for Olimpija Ljubljana in 2000-2002 season where he made great improvement and played in Euroleague for the first time. Udrih played for
Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 2002-2003 season, and split the 2003-2004 season among Avtodor Saratov (
Russia) and
Breil Milano (
Italy). From 2004 to 2007 he played with the NBA's
San Antonio Spurs.
Prior to his NBA debut, he appeared in the Southern California Summer Pro League for the Spurs, and also appeared in three games with the Spurs squad in the 2004 Reebok Rocky Mountain Revue while averaging 10.3 PPG, 5 APG, 4.7 RPG, 1.33 SPG, 24.7 MPG, and shooting .542 (13-24).
NBA Career
Udrih signed with the
San Antonio Spurs in the summer of 2004 after being drafted with the 28th overall pick of the
2004 NBA Draft, signing a 3-year, US$2.4 million contract, and served as a key backup for starting
point guard Tony Parker. In Udrih's rookie season, he won a Rookie of the Month award. Following that achievement, he was selected for the Rookie Team for the Got Milk? Rookie Challenge during All Star Weekend. In the
2005 NBA playoffs he won the championship with the Spurs. However, Udrih's playing time dropped significantly in the 2005-06 season with the Spurs signing
Nick Van Exel during the off-season, but increased again after the All-Star break due to an injury to Van Exel's
elbow. In the following 2006-07 NBA season and playoffs (where the Spurs won another NBA championship) his minutes were very limited, as the Spurs signed veteran point guard
Jacque Vaughn to back up Tony Parker.
On October 27, 2007, Udrih was sent, along with cash considerations, by the Spurs to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for a protected
2008 second-round draft pick. The Wolves immediately waived him. He has stepped up well in his new role as current starting
point guard, scoring a career high of 27 points on November 26, 2007 in a 112 to 99 win against his former team, the
San Antonio Spurs.
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